Alaska's Political Pipeline

Latest Episodes:

Anchorage Votes: Assembly District 3, Seat E Mar 25, 2023

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On Alaska's Political Pipeline, we're sharing some of the extended interviews we did with the candidates for the Anchorage Assembly.

In this edition, we talk to the candidates for District 3, Seat E, Dustin Darden, Anna Brawley, and Brian Flynn.

The Anchorage Municipal Election is April 4, 2023. Follow Alaska's News Source for all the latest results.

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Anchorage Votes: Assembly District 2, Seat C Mar 24, 2023

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On Alaska's Political Pipeline, we're sharing some of the extended interviews we did with the candidates for the Anchorage Assembly.

In this edition, we talk to the candidates for District 2, Seat C, Jim Arlington and Scott Myers. There is no incumbent in this race.

The Anchorage Municipal Election is April 4, 2023. Follow Alaska's News Source for all the latest results.

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Anchorage Votes: Assembly District 1, Seat B Mar 24, 2023

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On Alaska's Political Pipeline, we're sharing some of the extended interviews we did with the candidates for the Anchorage Assembly.

In this edition, we talk to the candidates for District 1, Seat B, Christopher Constant and Nicholas Danger. Candidate John Trueblood declined our request for an on camera interview.

The Anchorage Municipal Election is April 4, 2023. Follow Alaska's News Source for all the latest results.

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Anchorage Assembly goes to court against Mayor, Alaska's Governor says he isn't targeting LGBTQ community and more Mar 17, 2023

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This just in. Anchorage Assembly goes to court to force Mayor Bronson to reveal Joe Gerace documents. Governor Dunleavy proposes a "parental rights" bill that some say targets the LGBTQ community. Dunleavy also proposes a teacher bonus. And we go in-depth into the political fallout from the Willow oil project decision and look at when construction might actually begin.

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Anchorage Mayor and Assembly still fighting, Alaska trying to understand carbon politics and revenue Feb 27, 2023

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The Anchorage Assembly and Mayor Bronson continue to talk past each other, a new lawsuit against the Mayor is filed, Rep. David Eastman wonders out loud if an abused child who dies saves the state money and we dig deeply into the politics and financial promise of carbon capture and carbon offsets here in Alaska. Could it really mean billions of dollars of revenue for the state?

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Niki Tshibaka joins departures at City Hall & Alaska's spending on schools might rise Feb 07, 2023

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Just before recording this episode of the Pipeline podcast, another top Bronson administration official left City Hall. We have some inside details. Meanwhile, the mayor's staff is upset at our persistent attempts to question Mayor Bronson. We also look at a new proposal to increase Alaska's spending on schools.

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Mayor Bronson, Amy Demboski, Brice Wilbanks, Gov. Dunleavy. They are all in this week's Pipeline Jan 25, 2023

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What is going on in Anchorage City Hall? Demboski and Wilbanks are both gone. The D.A. is reviewing claims that a top city hall executive tried to intimidate employees from going to the ombudsman. Investigative reporter Mike Mason shares his insights.

And what is going on in Juneau? Did Governor Dunleavy provide any more detail about the next state budget and what do we know about legislative priorities, budget crunches, ranked choice voting and education spending now that the legislative session is underway? Rebecca Palsha just returned and tells us what she learned in Juneau.

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More of the Demboski and the Mayor saga & we're still talking snow Jan 13, 2023

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Will Anchorage's snowpocalypse hurt the political careers of our municipal leaders? Will Amy Demboski's lawyer letter to Mayor Bronson hurt the Mayor's political career? Will we vote again on ranked choice voting? And will the Alaska State House figure out how to organize? All those questions are tackled in our latest podcast.

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Municipal Mgr. Amy Demboski is fired by Mayor Bronson and we talk about why. Dec 21, 2022

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More information on the dismissal of Anchorage Municipal Manager Amy Demboski, how Alaska's News Source covered the story and why you don't hear from Mayor Bronson in our piece.

Also a quick recap of Governor Dunleavy's budget proposal and a look at when the Alaska state legislature will get to work on that document.

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Governor Dunleavy is sworn in and Alaska's Legislature readies for its session Dec 09, 2022

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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy prepares his next budget, the Alaska Legislature figures out power structures for the Senate and the House, a look back at polling success in the state and we consider whether appointed or elected judges make more sense. Also, please stick around until the end of this episode for our own Pipeline Christmas music mix.

Co-hosts Rebecca Palsha and David Bernknopf welcome state political reporter Elena Symmes to the podcast.

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